Details of your catches:

The lake is very nice and stocked with hard fighting fish of good average size. Fishing in brief 3-4 hour stints with no night fishing resulted in a total catch of 15 fish. Biggest fish caught was a 26lb 12oz mirror.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Initial use of boilies proved unsuccessful, however, switching to double tiger nut hookbaits over a bed of particles (hemp/maples) soon pulled the fish in!Fished off the dam wall into the margins.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better than expected.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

A nice cottage, both comfortable & convenient, and a very rural french feel - we loved that! Potential negatives include the dog, it's lovely, very friendly and inquisitive but beware when you have a fish on the bank, it literally tries to eat the fish, regardless of size! Also, the dam bank is extremely stony making solid stainless steel banksticks a necessity!

Details of your catches:

Paul: total weight 956½lb, including 24 twenties to 28lb.Carl: total weight 189½lb, including 3 twenties.Kelly: total weight 133½lb, including 3 x twenties to 23lb.Nicola: total weight 44½lb, including 2 x 19lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Thank you for a great week. Lodge was great. the fishing was excellent, they certainly knew how to put up a fight. We will see you again soon. The you for making us welcome!

Details of your catches:

113 fish in total. 3 fish were 25-30lb. Common of 31lb. 25 fish were 20-25lb. 103 were doubles or more.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fish can be caught along the dam wall, best towards the end of it. Swims to the right of the lodge are good too. Don't ignore the margins.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

The pool is great, and the badminton gave us a nice distraction. The Bouchot family were very friendly and left us to get on with our holiday, but always available if needed. Very changable conditions throughout the week, but a pretty successful week by all accounts.

Details of your catches:

Well over 150 carp! Biggest 31lb (common), plenty over 20lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

We reckon you could catch on anything here when the conditions are right. We didn't use a lot of bait - most fish took on PVA bag or PVA stringer. Lots of fish caught in the margins.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes we stopped in the cottage which was great. We were very lucky because the lakeside lodge was empty on our week & the owners kindly let us use that too.

Were you happy with them?

Very happy

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes totally. The owneres are very friendly

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

This is a fantastic venue for non-stop action situated in a lovelly rural part of France - it feels very "French"